The Church Warden

The church warden only appears in Des dodes danz - i.e. neither on the painting in St Mary's church nor in Dodendantz.

The other characters in the dance are described very generally to increase the reader's identification
with the figures, but the church warden gives many specific details about his life: First he was a traveling merchant in
Prussia, Livonia, Latvia and Russia and after that he was a sailor.

Death tells a (today unknown) story about a church warden in Gripeswolde (Greifswald), who had embezzled entrusted funds.
Death ends with long list of trades, where it's easy to swindle.